Seizure of 9,000 US dollars: ED to summon doctor couple

Enforcement directorate (ED) will soon issue a notice to the doctor couple in connection with the seizure of over 9,000 US dollars and Rs 10 lakh in new currency notes from them by the Income Tax department on December 2Yogesh Kumar | TNN | December 28, 2016, 23:46 IST

Enforcement directorate (ED) will soon issue a notice to the doctor couple in connection with the seizure of over 9,000 US dollars and Rs 10 lakh in new currency notes from them by the Income Tax department on December 2DEHRADUN: Enforcement directorate (ED) will soon issue a notice to the doctor couple in connection with the seizure of over 9,000 US dollars and Rs 10 lakh in new currency notes from them by the Income Tax department on December 2.

ED sleuths started the probe when the I-T department shared the details of the currency seized from the house and the clinic of the doctor couple.

“Our team will be issuing a notice to the doctors to join the investigation and explain the source of the US dollars for which they have to bring the relevant documents of their foreign travel,” said an ED official, on condition of anonymity.

“Our team will quiz the couple about the source of the US dollars and also the source of the new currency around Rs 10 lakh seized during the IT team’s raid,” said the ED official.

The doctor couple had surrendered Rs two crore unaccounted wealth after the IT raid. It must be recalled that the ED has initiated proceeding against the two individuals involved in the foreign exchange in Dehradun.

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